... responsibility becomes compatible with causal determinism, which is consistent with the traditional compatibilist view that not all causal chains are equally threatening to freedom. The conventional challenge for the compatibilist is to distinguish those deterministic causal chains that threaten or eliminate...

...This chapter discusses the compatibilist view that is focused on examining the nature of the capacities required for freedom and moral responsibility. The difficulty this view faces lies in the description of a plausible alternative theory which is more satisfying than the classical view...